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In 1607 Virginia became the first permanent English colony.
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The Puritan religion shaped the government of the Massachusetts Bay colony.
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James became the colonies proprietor. A proprietor is a person who owned and controlled all the land in a colony.
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King Charles The First of England gave land in North America to lord Baltimore.
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Colonists moved north and settled in the area that became New Hampshire
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Some colonist in Rhode Island thought that puritan leaders should not tell them what to believe or how to act. These colonist where called dissenters. A dissenter is a person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders.
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North Carolina was founded. English colonies settled in north Carolina.
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Colonists first settled in southern Carolina. The southern area had good farmland and excellent harbors.
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The colony of Pennsylvania was the idea of William Penn. Penn hoped to start a colony where all Christians could live together in peace.
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Oglenthrope wanted Georgia to be a place for poor people and the debaitors. Debaitors who could not pay the money they owed where put in prison.
